South Louisiana ports look to dredging of channels as catalyst for growth
The leaders of Louisiana’s deepwater ports are clamoring for deeper, more consistently maintained river channels, and their voices are getting louder. An increase in...
A roadway built for vacationers headed to Grand Isle in their Model T Fords...
The history of La. 1 in southern Lafourche Parish, in many ways, mirrors the history of economic development in the region. Built in the...
A $670 million pipeline through south Louisiana is ready to go, but its owners...
As the second phase of the contentious Bayou Bridge pipeline awaits permit approval from state and federal agencies, the entirety of the pipe has...
The Big Picture: A hub in the swamp
ON THE WATERFRONT
The Port of Iberia is a 2,000-acre industrial and manufacturing site south of Lafayette that is home to over 100 companies and...
Brandy Christian brings tenacity, strategic mindset to the top spot at the Port of...
During her tenure as the Port of San Diego’s vice president of strategy and business development, Brandy Christian proved she had that unique combination...
Insiders identify critical issues for Louisiana industry
To identify and discuss issues they feel will be most impactful, a four-member panel convened last fall at L’Auberge Casino in Baton Rouge during...
Insight: Valuing our energy infrastructure
American consumers often have little appreciation for how energy supplies are delivered to their homes or the marketplace. When we flip an electrical switch,...
Chennault International Airport in Lake Charles is a unique industrial development engine
From the ashes of the oil bust in the mid-1980s, Chennault International Airport was born, more than 30 years after the shuttering of the...
Site selection decisions rest on many factors. How does south Louisiana measure up?
Site selection has become an increasingly competitive process in the U.S., as hundreds of regional and state economic developers fight to qualify for investors’...
CRISIS group identifies four priority projects for relieving Capital Region traffic congestion
A collaborative effort among industry groups is tackling a big and seemingly eternal problem in the Baton Rouge metro area—heavy traffic congestion. Now a year...
